Celebrating the UN International Year
of Cooperatives 2025

General assessment on the XXI Regional Conference of the Cooperatives of the Americas

Between the 18 and 20 November 2019, more than 1.000 cooperators from 29 countries gathered together in San José, Costa Rica within the framework of the XXI Regional Conference of the Cooperatives of the Americas. They analysed the economic and social landscape, discussed different proposals and defined common initiatives under the motto Change / Impact / Sustainability "Cooperatives, economic actors with a social and sustainable impact".

 

Tuesday Talk #6 - OCDC

The improvement of collaboration between Cooperative Development Organizations, members of Cooperative Networks like the International Cooperative Development Platform (ICDP), is one of the main objectives of the ICA-EU Partnership. To achieve that, The ICDP has already identified 3 areas of work: Knowledge sharing, programming and advocacy.